Patents by Inventor Thomas Krug

Thomas Krug has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240208893
    Abstract: A process for the continuous production of amines, the process comprising reacting a primary or secondary alcohol with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst in the gas phase using a recycle gas mode, wherein the temperature in the pressure separator is >20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Tatjana HUBER, Joerg PASTRE, Johann-Peter MELDER, Thomas KRUG, Kristin SCHROEDER
  • Patent number: 11753364
    Abstract: A process for continuous production of C2-C4-monoalkanolamines by reaction of a corresponding C2-C4-alkylene oxide with a molar excess of ammonia (NH3), wherein aqueous ammonia is employed, in the liquid phase and in the presence of an acidic cation exchanger as catalyst which contains a crosslinked copolymer comprising acidic functional groups as the carrier matrix, wherein the cation exchanger has a total exchange capacity of not less than 1.8 eq/L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Gruenanger, Gabriele Iffland, Zeljko Kotanjac, Hermann Luyken, Thomas Krug, Jian Zhong Yi, Johann-Peter Melder
  • Publication number: 20220401933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of propylene oxide to 1-amino-2-propanol and/or di(2-hydroxypropyl)amine comprising (i) providing a catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising YO2 and optionally comprising X2O3 in its framework structure, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material has a framework-type structure selected from the group consisting of MFI and/or MEL, including MEL/MFI intergrowths; (ii) providing a mixture in the liquid phase comprising propylene oxide and ammonia; (iii) contacting the catalyst provided in (i) with the mixture in the liquid phase provided in (ii) for converting propylene oxide to 1-amino-2-propanol and/or di(2-hydroxypropyl)amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Michael HAYDL, Alvaro GORDILLO BOLONIO, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Johann-Peter MELDER, Ulrich MUELLER, Thomas KRUG
  • Publication number: 20220259139
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent in the presence of hydrogen and of a catalyst in a glycolaldehyde conversion reactor, wherein one or more organic carboxylic acids are fed into the glycolaldehyde conversion reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Martin ERNST, Tatjana HUBER, Johann-Peter MELDER, Stephanie JAEGLI, Thomas KRUG
  • Publication number: 20220234991
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent in the presence of hy-5 drogen and of a catalyst, wherein the conversion is carried out in the gas phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Tatjana HUBER, Martin ERNST, Johann-Peter MELDER, Stephanie JAEGLI, Thomas KRUG
  • Publication number: 20220235015
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of ethyleneamines and ethanolamines, comprising the steps of (i) converting a glycolaldehyde derivative of formula (II), in which R2, R3 are—the same or different—hydrogen, alkyl, such as C1-6-alkyl, or cycloalkyl such as Cs-e-cycloalkyl; and an animating agent of formula (III); in which R1 is hydrogen (H), alkyl, such as C1-6-alkyl, or cycloalkyl such as C3-6-cycloalkyl, in the gas or liquid phase; (ii) feeding the reaction products obtained in step (i) into a hydrogenation reactor, where the reaction products are converted with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Martin ERNST, Tatjana HUBER, Johann-Peter MELDER, Stephanie JAEGLI, Thomas KRUG
  • Publication number: 20210363097
    Abstract: A process for continuous production of C2-C4-monoalkanolamines by reaction of a corresponding C2-C4-alkylene oxide with a molar excess of ammonia (NH3), wherein aqueous ammonia is employed, in the liquid phase and in the presence of an acidic cation exchanger as catalyst which contains a crosslinked copolymer comprising acidic functional groups as the carrier matrix, wherein the cation exchanger has a total exchange capacity of not less than 1.8 eq/L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christian GRUENANGER, Gabriele IFFLAND, Zeljko KOTANJAC, Hermann LUYKEN, Thomas KRUG, Jian Zhong YI, Johann-Peter MELDER
  • Patent number: 10995057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating nitriles with hydrogen in the presence of a ZrO2-supported ruthenium catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Eidamshaus, Thomas Krug, Johann-Peter Melder, Joerg Pastre, Regine Helga Bebensee, Stephanie Jaegli
  • Patent number: 10414716
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyetheramine by reacting a polyether alcohol, previously synthesized in the presence of a basic potassium or sodium compound as catalyst, with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst in one reactor or a plurality of reactors, wherein the employed polyether alcohol when previously synthesized in the presence of a basic potassium compound as catalyst has a content of potassium ions of less than 50 wppm and when previously synthesized in the presence of a basic sodium compound as catalyst has a content of sodium ions of less than 50 wppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Thomas Krug, Johann-Peter Melder
  • Publication number: 20190169112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating nitriles with hydrogen in the presence of a ZrO2-supported ruthenium catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian EIDAMSHAUS, Thomas KRUG, Johann-Peter MELDER, Joerg PASTRE, Regine Helga BEBENSEE, Stephanie JAEGLI
  • Patent number: 9981904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines, which comprises hydrogenating at least one nitrile in an apparatus (V1) in the presence of an unsupported cobalt catalyst to obtain at least one primary amine, with recurrent or continuous addition of at least one compound (I) to the apparatus (V1), said compound (I) comprising at least one component selected from alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and rare earth metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Wolfgang Maegerlein, Thomas Krug, Johann-Peter Melder, Thomas Heidemann, Bernd Stein
  • Patent number: 9914693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenediamine (EDA), where the process comprises the steps a) to c). In step a), formaldehyde is reacted with hydrocyanic acid (HCN) to form formaldehyde cyanohydrin (FACH), where the hydrocyanic acid is completely free or largely free of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The FACH prepared in this way is reacted with ammonia (NH3) to form aminoacetonitrile (AAN) in step b), whereupon a hydrogenation of AAN in the presence of a catalyst to form EDA is carried out in step c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Luyken, Stephanie Jaegli, Michael Lorenz, Gordon Brasche, Markus Jegelka, Barbara Becker, Robert Baumann, Johann-Peter Melder, Boris Buschhaus, Thomas Krug
  • Publication number: 20170362164
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyetheramine by reacting a polyether alcohol, previously synthesized in the presence of a basic potassium or sodium compound as catalyst, with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst in one reactor or a plurality of reactors, wherein the employed polyether alcohol when previously synthesized in the presence of a basic potassium compound as catalyst has a content of potassium ions of less than 50 wppm and when previously synthesized in the presence of a basic sodium compound as catalyst has a content of sodium ions of less than 50 wppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Christof Wilhelm WIGBERS, Wolfgang MÄGERLEIN, Thomas KRUG, Johann-Peter MELDER
  • Patent number: 9828329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying ethylenediamine (EDA) by distillation, wherein the process comprises the steps a) and b). In step a), a mixture (G1) comprising water, EDA and N-methylethylenediamine (N-MeEDA) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D1), and the major part of the water comprised in the mixture (G1) is separated off overhead at a pressure of greater than 4.8 bara. From the bottom of (D1), the water-enriched mixture (G2) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D2) in step b). At the top of (D2), the major part of the N-MeEDA is distilled off. The stream (S3) obtained from the bottom of (D2) comprises EDA, with the components water and N-MeEDA comprised in the mixture (G1) having been largely or completely removed. Further distillation steps can optionally be carried out in order to obtain pure EDA, for example when diethylenetriamine (DETA) is additionally comprised in the mixture (G1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Luyken, Stephanie Jaegli, Michael Lorenz, Gordon Brasche, Markus Jegelka, Barbara Becker, Robert Baumann, Johann-Peter Melder, Boris Buschhaus, Thomas Krug
  • Publication number: 20170275232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines, which comprises hydrogenating at least one nitrile in an apparatus (V1) in the presence of an unsupported cobalt catalyst to obtain at least one primary amine, with recurrent or continuous addition of at least one compound (I) to the apparatus (V1), said compound (I) comprising at least one component selected from alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and rare earth metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christof Wilhelm WIGBERS, Wolfgang MAEGERLEIN, Thomas KRUG, Johann-Peter MELDER, Thomas HEIDEMANN, Bernd STEIN
  • Publication number: 20170217874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying ethylenediamine (EDA) by distillation, wherein the process comprises the steps a) and b). In step a), a mixture (G1) comprising water, EDA and N-methylethylenediamine (N-MeEDA) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D1), and the major part of the water comprised in the mixture (G1) is separated off overhead at a pressure of greater than 4.8 bara. From the bottom of (D1), the water-enriched mixture (G2) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D2) in step b). At the top of (D2), the major part of the N-MeEDA is distilled off. The stream (S3) obtained from the bottom of (D2) comprises EDA, with the components water and N-MeEDA comprised in the mixture (G1) having been largely or completely removed. Further distillation steps can optionally be carried out in order to obtain pure EDA, for example when diethylenetriamine (DETA) is additionally comprised in the mixture (G1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann LUYKEN, Stephanie JAEGLI, Michael LORENZ, Gordon BRASCHE, Markus JEGELKA, Barbara BECKER, Robert BAUMANN, Johann-Peter MELDER, Boris BUSCHHAUS, Thomas KRUG
  • Publication number: 20160009633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenediamine (EDA), where the process comprises the steps a) to c). In step a), formaldehyde is reacted with hydrocyanic acid (HCN) to form formaldehyde cyanohydrin (FACH), where the hydrocyanic acid is completely free or largely free of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The FACH prepared in this way is reacted with ammonia (NH3) to form aminoacetonitrile (AAN) in step b), whereupon a hydrogenation of AAN in the presence of a catalyst to form EDA is carried out in step c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hermann LUYKEN, Stephanie JAEGLI, Michael LORENZ, Gordon BRASCHE, Markus JEGELKA, Barbara BECKER, Robert BAUMANN, Johann-Peter MELDER, Boris BUSCHHAUS, Thomas KRUG
  • Patent number: 9139511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating nitriles by means of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor, where the catalyst is arranged in a fixed bed, wherein the cross-sectional loading in the reactor is in the range from 5 kg/(m2 s) to 50 kg/(m2 s). The present invention further relates to a process for preparing downstream products of isophoronediamine (IPDA) or N,N-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) from amines prepared according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Christoph Müller, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Petr Kubanek, Thomas Heidemann, Johann-Peter Melder, Thomas Krug, Oliver Bey
  • Patent number: 8772548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reacting glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent in the presence of hydrogen and of a catalyst, the catalyst being activated by reducing a catalyst precursor or by reducing a passivated catalyst, which comprises effecting the reaction in the presence of a solvent and contacting the glycolaldehyde with the activated catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Jörg Pastre, Jan Eberhardt, Thomas Krug, Mirko Kreitschmann
  • Patent number: 8742174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethanolamines by reacting glycolaldehyde with monoethanolamine and/or diethanolamine in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Jörg Pastre, Jan Eberhardt, Thomas Krug, Mirko Kreitschmann